Dawson



o. W. RICHARDSON, E. an J. E. DAWSON. Car Brake and Starter.

Y No. 226,881. `Patented April 27, 1880.

. UNITED STATES.

CHARLES w. RICHARDSON, FDMUND PATENT OFFIOF6 DAWSON, AND JOHNF.. DAWSON, OF. RFD BLUFF, CALIFORNIA.

CAR BRAKE AND Tsi-ARTER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,881, dated April-27, 1880.

Application niedstptember 22, 1879.

To all whom it ma/y concern: Be it known that we, CHARLES W. RIGH- v ARDsON EDMUND DAWSON, and JOHN E. DAWSON, oiRed Bluff', in the county OfTehanIa 'this speeiiicatio', and to thelettersand figures, of referenceamarked-lthereon.

and State of California, have invented a new' and valuable Improvement in Meansfor Stop, ping and Starting Street-Gars; and we do hereby' declare that the following, is a full, clear, and exaotdesoription of the construction. and operation of the same, referenceiheing had` tothe annexed' drawings, making apart ofi` Figure 1 of thefdraw'ingsis la? repre,sentationt rigetta a stret-eaashowiagour l improvements `attached thereto' Fig. 2` isj-a sectionalview oi the same through' theline'm' This, invention? relates to .carl brakes-.and starters of that class in' which the momentum'` ofthe car,when vthe motion is arrested, is made ving a-'streeffo'ar froin the dead-stop.

tol accumulate a force that will assist in start:

-Thechjief objectof, this iinprovenrentis in horses in .-fanism `'foi` winding up a cable upon stoppin he street-'car' qliielily, and at the sanieti' toringifup .the power. `used instoppin oa v ofthe pnrpose'of'startingor assstm tasting it again. f

y consists in au operating mech- 4peculiar eonstru'ctionforlenabling thedriv r or' .other person standing on` the' front pla, arm of the ear to arrest are miniem ofthe w feelsfand `storezup'a force ,tojaid the' starting the ear intof-motionfrom a state on t.; f; lt-.also consists, in combinatiouwithzanreohf-.

a lookin device to prevent' fartlie Y 0 4 of. 4the w eels; and, inllvin thenovelf'com structio and arrangement-ofitlie.parts,as will tenera enamorefuuysetfoahgand painted In the annexed drawings, forming einen 0f this spebiiication, theetter' A'repiesents" the frame erle, Bthe langgers or bearing-theirs,

With` usual slots fdr boxes, C .G theI axles, and D D. the track-wheels, ofa street-car;

The letter vE represents a. pinion with side c1 atcb, b, attached thereto, arranged onthe axle C", .Whicht'urns loosely thereon-that isI to say; the axle revolves loosely therein in its nnclutohedcondition-and F represents a'large pinion 'or gear with aside clutch, o, fastened thereto, arranged on the same axle in a'simill r manner. Thesev pinions are .retained in pos tion-from moving iengthw'ise'on lthe axle by means ofthe collars d, with set-screws, substan- -tially as shownoin Figi of the drawings.

lthe under side of the-bottom-oilithefcar, by means of' a pivotjor bolt, 1P/,as indicated in 'Figs 1 of the drawings. The rean'` endet this vshifting-lever is.' bent outwardlyand downyby meansof aslever, H, having it *,fulerum on Wardly, so that the reduced end tv ereoffproy l` vided with the at springe, Willilrest in the lohannel'or grooveway formed in @the double 'elutoh. The upper-or forward end of the lever isslotted, or otherwise formedt'o receive the lower end of. the vertical operatingrhandle or lever I, swiveled inthe block f, attached to the front platform; y

l The lower'end of the vertical vliever I-. (see Fig) is provided 'with' a conneetingrod, J,' vextending b aok to and connected' with'4 the pawl K, that engages with alratehetwlieeh for the purpose'of releasing the pawl" from engage-v ment with the ratchet-wheel.

*gaging-ivv'th the gear F; but-iin practioea ratchetwheel will ordinarilybesecured to the side of the gear:

Imm bei sbserved that entkernen lever or' 8s 1li-the `drawings thepawl K isishown enin rear of shaft or axle C', and in the same4 horizontal plane, or substantially so. fOn-t-his.l

shaft is mountedi near each end, two pinions, h i, .but of dilieret diameters, the smaller` pinion h meshing into the large gear F, the larger pinion meshing into a smal. pinion, la, journaled to thebracket L', andthis small pinion k,now intermediately arranged, meshes into the pinion E on axle C', as shown iu the i drawings.

The pinion 'i is provided on its periphery (see Fig. 2) with -a pin, m, or equivalent de-v vice, for the purpose of allowing but one revolutionfoi` the pinion when it forms a vlocking or stopping device to arrest further motion of the car-wheels. If it should be found in'practice to allow more than one revolutiona stop mechanism could be arrangedat 'th'e side-of the pinion for that purpose. l

Intermediately arranged between the pinvionson the small shaft M is' keyed or otherwise secured a drum, N, to which is attached in a-suitable manner a wire cable, p, secured to the rear end of the coil-spring Q. This coil-spring, with its cable, is suspended from the under side of -the car, either above or below the axle, by means of the lbracket or arm R, substantially as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The pawl K is of an angular shape and is pivoted to the bracket L.

Tile toe portion of the pawl is -kept -in contact with the ratchet-wheel 'by'means of the springr, let into a recess in the bottom of the car and pressing upon the wheel portion thereof, substantially as indicated inFig. 2 of the drawings.`

The gearing of this brake and starter, in practical operation, will work up and down, to correspond with the play in the axlelbearings, and not get ont of gear. The shifting? lever/may be somade as to admit of this necessary up-anddown play, which may :be accomplished by making avswivel on bearing where it is vfastened to the car,orlby haring its forked portion reaching above-and below thesliding clutch, leaving someplay.

When the car is running ordinarily the vertical lever is'in the notch 4 of the guard 3 and in an upright position. To stop the car, move this lever to the right,` which causes the clnteli,`through the instrumentality of. the

6o fthe cable to be wound upon,the drum, which shitting-lever, to be thrown into ygearand draws out the coilspringvfand 'brakes the wheel,ithereby stopping the car; and to-start' or assist the horses Vto start the carA in motion,

throw the lever vover to the left in the direction 'of the slot 5, but not in tlrenslot, thus bringing the "sliding clutchl intoll the clutch on the large pinion or gear, and when clutched the lever is thrown back into the slot 5, which causes the pa wl to be raised or released from the ratchet-wheel, liberates the car, and allows the coil-spring to recede ,Y

to its normal position, thereby moving the icar forward, the gearing keeping the motion of the car-wheels always in the samedirec- .tion-forward. The effect of changing the sliding clutch 'is to get this forward motion so as toma'ke thc spring available for the purpose stated.

We thus provide a means or a mechanism for enabling the driver not only to stop the car quickly, vbut atthe same time, in the act of stopping, to store up a power to start, or

assist'the horsesto start, the car again.

As 4'the action, of the spring is direct in starting the car it will be seen that the whole power storedup acts to rotate the axleforf ward with a leverage equal, at least, totheradius of the cable-drum. v

-One great strain lupon .street-car horses fis starting loaded cars into motion from a state of rest The means hereinbefore described are intended to obviate that by a transfer of power. I

We have shown in the drawings butone coil-spring.; but it is understood that others may be used,'if found necessary, so that the conditions of strength and compressibility maybe fullled; also, the mechanical Vconstruction of .the parts may be varied; to Vproduce the same result. This improvement may be applied to doublef end cars that travel lin opposite directions without turning around, and to `cars of other classes.

Broadly considered, some ofthe fea-tunes and combination of parts embodied in our us. For` instance, we do not broadly claim a clutch mechanism -for Vengaging and disengaging the gearing constituting a partoifthe loperating mechanism, nor a drumfor winding up a cable attached indirectly to a compressible spring; nor do we broadly claim the combination of meshed gearing, a lwindingupdrum, compressible spiral springs, a cable, a clutch mechanism, and a shifting-lever; but VWhat we claim as our invention, and desire to lsecureby Letters Patent, isi 1. A mechanism vf0`r stopping and starting cars, `which .consists of the meshed gearingl improvements are old, and are not claimed by IOC IIO

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E 'i F h, clutch devices G b c, winding-up drum N, tension coil-spring Q, with cable pf shifting-lever H, pawl K,'connecting-rod di,

andoperating-lever I, vsubstantially as shown and described. i

2. In a means Afor .stopping a street-car, a meshed pinion or gear carrying` a stopping l device, m, or its equivavent, fo permit one or 5v 3. The combinatiomwth a mechanism for connecting-rod J and operating-iev stantially as setforth.

In testimony-whereof we have here scribed our names.

more revolutions of the pinion, whereby the motion of the car is materially arrested, as hereinbcfore stated.

stopping a street-car, and said mechanism being provided with av winding-up drum, f the tension coil-spring Q, and the `cable p, attached directly to its rear end, as described.

4. The combination, witgh means' for foring up power to start a car, of the pawl 15., l

EDMUND DAWSON. JOHN E. DAWSON.

er I, subhutosubf CHARLES WRICHARDSONQ e 

